manhattan.is
A new site for Manhattan ehf. Manhattan is a marketing, management and consulting firm with decades of experience in Icelandic business.
We handle the whole job, from planning and design to the build and running the site after launch. It is coded from scratch on and hosted on , with when it needs a database. No , and no plugins to maintain.
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The new isor.is, Vefapp's largest project to date: a public institution's bilingual site with a staff CMS, an in-site map viewer and 92 articles moved off WordPress.
A new site for Manhattan ehf. Manhattan is a marketing, management and consulting firm with decades of experience in Icelandic business.
The authorised WiiM distributor in Iceland. WiiM builds streaming amplifiers, speakers and streamers for synchronised sound across several devices at once.
What we build
We start by understanding what the site should do for your business, and map out structure and content flow before a line is written. You know what you're getting before we build.
The look is designed and coded together, not handed between parties. What you approve is what ships, on with clean, bespoke code.
We write or migrate the content, set up search-engine optimisation, and test on phones and desktops before the site goes out. Nothing is an afterthought.
The site goes live on with SSL and automatic backups, and we keep monitoring and updating it. Website creation doesn't end at handover.
What ships with every project
Website creation is more than getting a page live. This is the foundation that comes with every site we build, at no extra cost.
An edge network in 70+ cities, automatic SSL, an automatic preview deploy for every change. No separate web server account, no manual backups.
Server-rendered , lazy-loaded images, subset fonts. Not aspirational: the default. Measured in real traffic, not just a synthetic run.
Server-rendered , structured data, sitemap, robots, and , per-page , 301/302 and 404 monitoring. Not an add-on you buy later: the foundation everything stands on.
See the full surface →with strict key parity between Icelandic and English, automatic and . Both languages are first-class in search.
We read everything new that lands, update libraries and patch security holes before they become problems. Ongoing care, not just when something breaks.
When the scope is clear we quote a fixed price, not an hourly rate. You know what you'll pay before we start, and we carry the risk on the estimate.
Cookie consent in four categories (necessary, functional, analytics, marketing) with accept-all, reject-all and customise options. Settings persisted in the browser, revocable any time via the footer link. No third-party chat widget, no tracking pixel firing before the visitor decides.
Every page we ship meets , the W3C's international accessibility standard. Sufficient colour contrast, full keyboard navigation, screen-reader compatibility and assistive-tech-friendly markup. Not just for users with impairments: it also makes the site readable in sunlight, on a bus, and for anyone short on time.
Add-ons and extras
Things this house already runs, that we can graft onto your site when they fit. All bespoke. No plugin marketplace.
Same pattern as Edda, the bot answering here, or Evín, the wine advisor that knows every bottle on amka.is. A bespoke voice, knows only your product, links to real pages on your site.
See chatbot work →Search that understands context, automatic classification, extraction from documents. Runs either on in the cloud or off-grid on Nvidia hardware for teams that won't trust networked AI.
See AI work →We write the content itself, not just the container. Every page gets a title, description, headings and body copy that carry the brand and target the search terms your customers actually use. Included: H1/H2 hierarchy, meta descriptions, image alt text and content. Everything Google needs to understand the page quickly and accurately.
Bespoke e-commerce on with payments (card + contactless), Payday invoicing and delivery via Dropp and Íslandspóstur. Iceland's actual commerce stack, not a workaround. Custom checkout, inventory, promo codes, recommendations and receipts all in one admin. Best for brands that want a storefront carrying their own identity, not a Shopify template.
Automatic invoicing and bookkeeping: orders flow from the site straight into Payday as an invoice with the right VAT, kennitala and cost centre. Monthly reconciliation becomes trivial, no manual re-entry.
Card and contactless payments via (formerly Borgun / SaltPay), both online and in-person via POS terminals. One settlement account, one reporting view across both sales channels.
Delivery to Dropp lockers with real-time confirmation, tracking and printable labels. The customer picks a locker at checkout; you see orders in the admin with their delivery status.
Shipping labels, tracking and parcel lockers from Iceland Post, directly from the site. Automatic price calculation by weight and destination, plus receipts and customs forms for international shipping.
Automatic SMS notifications to customers when an order is confirmed, shipped or ready for pickup, fired straight from the admin. Same wording as the receipt, same voice from you.
A bespoke and work-order system for your operation: enquiries, quotes, active jobs, communication history and statuses in one view. Not Salesforce-shaped, built for your actual workflow.
Integrations
The Icelandic and international systems we connect to directly from your site.
Stack
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